Over or UnderWatered Help Please?

[ChasinTrichomez]

a week before the auto transitioned to bloom it started to droop, as it went full flower it got worse and is kinda stuck in this state. I give it some water every so often as it gets pretty dry but like it’s not getting better so idk if the water I’m giving it is just enough to keep it from fully dying or it needs more.

 

[TexasMade]

POT looks super dry? How often are you watering and feeding? And how much water do you use when you do water?

 

[ChasinTrichomez]

POT looks super dry? How often are you watering and feeding? And how much water do you use when you do water?

Well, that’s the problem. I’m like stuck in between if I should give it more water or less cause I don’t want to progress either of the so-called issues but I give it anywhere from like 200 to 400 mL couple times a day sometimes some days it was only like 400 mL because once again I was scared to progress the overwater but now I just don’t know if it’s that or under and yes, the pot is dry because I’m currently in the process of letting it dry out more.

 

[Justlovetogrow]

I’d say your not watering enough volume but doing it to often try drenching the whole pot then leaving it for 4-5 days till pot is super light should set ya right

 

[BearWater]

I’d say your not watering enough volume but doing it to often try drenching the whole pot then leaving it for 4-5 days till pot is super light should set ya right

I want to add this if it’s ok : )

Slowly drench the whole pot. If you dump the water on it’ll just run out the bottom and give the appearance of “run off” but it’s literally just finding one spot to run down through to the bottom. Like gnick was saying you gotta feel them pots and the weight.

You got this homie! uhh…. You get what I mean!

 

[GNick55]

yep your watering incorrectly,. you need to water the whole medium than let it dry out before watering again,.
wet/dry cycle,.
if those are 5 gallon bags than they need about a gallon, so give it a 1000 ml or more at a time covering all the surface area than give it 10 mins or more before you add more than that way all the medium has a chance of soaking up the water and getting completely saturated,.
5 gallon bag- 1gallon of water
7 gallon bag- 1.5 gallons of water
10 gallon bag- 2 gallons of water,..

 

[Ninjadogma]

yep your watering incorrectly,. you need to water the whole medium than let it dry out before watering again,.
wet/dry cycle,.
if those are 5 gallon bags than they need about a gallon, so give it a 1000 ml or more at a time covering all the surface area than give it 10 mins or more before you add more than that way all the medium has a chance of soaking up the water and getting completely saturated,.
5 gallon bag- 1gallon of water
7 gallon bag- 1.5 gallons of water
10 gallon bag- 2 gallons of water,..

Exactly what I was thinking, a water problem but what kind of water problem? And it doesn't matter, follow those instructions and you shouldn't run into any water problems at all and will resolve most of them. High N will do that too but since OP was asking specifically about watering...

 

[TexasMade]

Well, that’s the problem. I’m like stuck in between if I should give it more water or less cause I don’t want to progress either of the so-called issues but I give it anywhere from like 200 to 400 mL couple times a day sometimes some days it was only like 400 mL because once again I was scared to progress the overwater but now I just don’t know if it’s that or under and yes, the pot is dry because I’m currently in the process of letting it dry out more.

Yea, definitely not watering correctly. I run 3 gallons and 5 gallon pots. When I'm in full veg I usually water close to a gallon a plant to where I get barley any run off. Then I let the pot do a complete dry back before watering again. I usually do this every 3 to 4 days depending on the plant. I also keep a fan running low on oscillating at the pots to help dry back time

 

[TexasMade]

Exactly what I was thinking, a water problem but what kind of water problem? And it doesn't matter, follow those instructions and you shouldn't run into any water problems at all and will resolve most of them. High N will do that too but since OP was asking specifically about watering...

Just say gnick with the exact same answer lol

 

[ChasinTrichomez]

Just say gnick with the exact same answer lol

Exactly what I was thinking, a water problem but what kind of water problem? And it doesn't matter, follow those instructions and you shouldn't run into any water problems at all and will resolve most of them. High N will do that too but since OP was asking specifically about watering...

yep your watering incorrectly,. you need to water the whole medium than let it dry out before watering again,.
wet/dry cycle,.
if those are 5 gallon bags than they need about a gallon, so give it a 1000 ml or more at a time covering all the surface area than give it 10 mins or more before you add more than that way all the medium has a chance of soaking up the water and getting completely saturated,.
5 gallon bag- 1gallon of water
7 gallon bag- 1.5 gallons of water
10 gallon bag- 2 gallons of water,..

So back to my photos, I don’t understand why some of the leafs look decent and then some of them droop, which is most of them I know I definitely overwatered these ones so are they still trying to recover from the water in the leafs or ???

 

[Ninjadogma]

So back to my photos, I don’t understand why some of the leafs look decent and then some of them droop, which is most of them I know I definitely overwatered these ones so are they still trying to recover from the water in the leafs or ???

Some of it looks better than other parts because you probably wound up with some channeling in the soil. Overall it's wet, but there are some spots dry enough to keep the branches being fed from them not looking as miserable.

The good news is you can get out of it pretty easily. The taylored advice based on this info is a reminder to work very slowly and in small increments when you water, so that the soil can absorb it.

Let the pot lose some weight, let the top couple inches get dry, even wait for it to wilt for water if you have to... then follow those watering instructions previously posted. That should put you back on track. Keep us posted!

 

[ChasinTrichomez]

Some of it looks better than other parts because you probably wound up with some channeling in the soil. Overall it's wet, but there are some spots dry enough to keep the branches being fed from them not looking as miserable.

The good news is you can get out of it pretty easily. The taylored advice based on this info is a reminder to work very slowly and in small increments when you water, so that the soil can absorb it.

Let the pot lose some weight, let the top couple inches get dry, even wait for it to wilt for water if you have to... then follow those watering instructions previously posted. That should put you back on track. Keep us posted!

Thank you I will keep u all posted !!!

 

[Jamesjames]

a week before the auto transitioned to bloom it started to droop, as it went full flower it got worse and is kinda stuck in this state. I give it some water every so often as it gets pretty dry but like it’s not getting better so idk if the water I’m giving it is just enough to keep it from fully dying or it needs more.

First I would get a three way tester, it test the moisture, PH and the light they plant is getting. For seedling the tester should be about 200 to 400 and veg 600 to 1000 and flowering 1500 to 2000 range it let's you know how far to hang your lights above your plant. The moisture the tester will tell you.

 

[ccoki]

Esp if this is peat based, couldn't see any info on that. A tiny bit of *plain* castille soap in the water will break that surface tension and allow the water to actually fully absorb instead of channeling. Then you can adjust how you water in the future to avoid it happening again. I'm not always well enough to tend to my plants on schedule. This saves me every time. if it's hydrophobic Ive found even slowly watering in increments still leads to some channeling.